[ LETTER ]

Impeach Senior Congressmen

Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.

While President Barack Obama threatens seniors, children and the military with cuts to programs having direct impact on their support, the House of Representatives and Senate have continued to be spoiled-brat bullies, pushing and shoving, calling names and pointing fingers instead of tending to the business of tending to the needs of the nation.

On top of that, they insult us, the very citizens who put them in office, by leaving for a long weekend. What gall. What audacity. I am ready to give our elected officials in Washington a wake-up call.

If we can get enough of the voters to start the petitions to impeach or recall the senior member of our delegation to Congress, and our senior member of the Senate, and we can convince enough of our neighboring states to do the same, then I believe we may get the attention of the people who are supposed to be our employees and hopefully get them to stop all of the rhetoric and partisanship and get them on track to conducting the business of governing according to the will of the people.

Some will call my idea naive, others will say that it would never work and still others will refuse to acknowledge that there is a problem at all. Hopefully, enough people will feel as fed up as I do and will call the offices, or write to their senator and representative, and demand that they get their acts in gear and get the job done.

<p>While President Barack Obama threatens seniors, children and the military with cuts to programs having direct impact on their support, the House of Representatives and Senate have continued to be spoiled-brat bullies, pushing and shoving, calling names and pointing fingers instead of tending to the business of tending to the needs of the nation.</p><p>On top of that, they insult us, the very citizens who put them in office, by leaving for a long weekend. What gall. What audacity. I am ready to give our elected officials in Washington a wake-up call.</p><p>If we can get enough of the voters to start the petitions to impeach or recall the senior member of our delegation to Congress, and our senior member of the Senate, and we can convince enough of our neighboring states to do the same, then I believe we may get the attention of the people who are supposed to be our employees and hopefully get them to stop all of the rhetoric and partisanship and get them on track to conducting the business of governing according to the will of the people.</p><p>Some will call my idea naive, others will say that it would never work and still others will refuse to acknowledge that there is a problem at all. Hopefully, enough people will feel as fed up as I do and will call the offices, or write to their senator and representative, and demand that they get their acts in gear and get the job done.</p><p>ROBERT G. JOHNSON</p><p>Lakeland</p>